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Boarding & toy questions
Alright, so it seems as though we're going to have to board our pup (3 year old boxer) in April. We were going to have friends watch her, but everyone is also out of town or busy that week. We've exhausted all other options, so this may be it.
She'll be going to a Camp Bow Wow, which has great reviews in our area. I toured it today. There are a lot of kennels & dogs, but a lot more staff than other kennels as well. It seemed like all the dogs were out playing & having a good time. The perk of Camp Bow Wow is she'll get 6 hours of playtime a day as well, and we can tune in on the web cam anytime. Staff was nice, and the place very clean. Anything else I should look for? I saw a lot of scary kennels today, so I know this seemed like the best from what I could see. Any other questions that I should ask? They'll feed up to three times a day, and our own food. She'll be out for about two hours, and in her crate for one, then back out for two, then in for one - throughout the day until evening. She has an interview on Monday to make sure she'll get along with other dogs in large groups.
My other question is about toys we can bring. Staff there said we can bring in anything - bedding, toys, etc...we'll probably take a couple of her usual crate blankets and some good toys. We usually leave her in her crate with various kong style toys stuffed with peanut butter. They provide a peanut butter kong every night, so I'm looking for other toy suggestions!
While we're on the subject, I bought her a "Bully Stick" today - what are our guy's thoughts on those? She's loving it, supervised of course, but what's your thoughts on them nutritionally? It looks like something I should supervise her with, correct? Oh & last one - kongs filled with pumpkin seem to be popular on this board - any special pumpkin in particular? Just the regular pumpkin in the can right? I bought some today, I'll give it at try tonight!
This girls trip to the kennel is costing as much as my plane ticket out of town - so I really want to make the right choice and make sure she enjoys herself as much as possible, with as little stress as possible as well. She tends to stress easily - we will be taking her for day visits to the kennel at least twice before the trip, so she's familiar with the staff & general surroundings. We're going to try to make it a once a week thing if we can until we leave (with their daycare program).
TIA!!
